ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (AP) — A decision to move 186 chimpanzees from a facility in New Mexico to Texas is pitting government officials and scientists against a coalition of elected officials and animal rights advocates, including New Mexico's governor and famed primate researcher Dr. Jane Goodall.
The chimps have spent the past decade undisturbed by medical researchers. But the National Institutes of Health has decided to cut government costs by moving the animals to a San Antonio primate facility, where animal rights activists worry they'll be improperly poked, prodded and stabbed in the name of science.
Gov. Bill Richardson and others would prefer to see the chimps' …
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